Place de l'Hôtel de Ville. (1839)
Auguste-Sébastien Bénard1839 · Portrait · Public domain
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Provenance and rights
- Rights
- Public domain (artist died 1873)
Specifications
- Year
- 1839
- Nationality / school
- French
- Lifespan
- 1810–1873
About the artwork
Auguste-Sébastien Bénard is the artist behind "Place de l'Hôtel de Ville.", dated 1839. Historical background, 1839: The first half of the nineteenth century moved from Neoclassicism to Romanticism, which placed emotion, nature, and the sublime at the centre of painting. Landscape gained new prestige through groups such as the Barbizon painters in France and the Hudson River School in the United States, and by mid-century Realism turned to ordinary people and everyday labour. The catalogue places it in Landscape. The format is portrait. Landscape in brief: Painters have used landscape to study light, weather, season, and the relation between people and place. Landscape became an independent genre in European painting in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, while in East Asia it had long been central to ink painting.
"Place de l'Hôtel de Ville." is shown in the onlly.art catalogue for reference and browsing. A portrait format suits narrow wall spaces, hallways, and the area beside a door or window. Landscape scenes add depth and a sense of air to the room, helping the space feel more open and working especially well above a sofa, console, or desk. Browsing works by the same artist, or from the same period, is a good way to compare styles before choosing what suits your space.
About the artist
French, 1810–1873
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